1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's 1984-85 ice hockey team March 2026 August 2023 color:white; background:#E2231B; a #222222 2px white white RPI Engineers white 1984–85 RPI Engineers.svg RPI Engineers men ECAC Hockey 1st 35–2–1 20–1–0 18–1–1 13–1–0 4–0–0 Mike Addesa Mike Sadeghpour Houston Field House National championRensselaer Holiday Tournament, championECAC Hockey, championECAC Hockey tournament, champion NCAA tournament champion 1983–85 1985–86 RPI Engineers #FFFFFF background:#eeeeee; The 1984–85 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey team represented the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in college ice hockey. In its 6th year under head coach Mike Addesa the team compiled a 35–2–1 record and reached the NCAA tournament for the sixth time.Rensselaer Men's Hockey Team History https://www.uscho.com/stats/history/rensselaer/mens-hockey/2019-2020/ USCHO.com October 14, 2019 The Engineers defeated Providence 2–1 to win the championship game at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Season New ECAC After a year in which Rensselaer set a new program record with 32 wins and reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in 20 years,USCHO.com https://www.uscho.com/stats/history/rensselaer/mens-hockey/2019-2020/ Rensselaer Men's Hockey Team History October 15, 2019 RPI found themselves scrambling to adjust their schedule. All Six teams from the East Region of ECAC Hockey, along with newly admitted Lowell, broke away to form a new conference. While many of the higher-profile programs left, the reduction to 12 teams allowed the remaining ECAC members to play an even schedule for the first time in league history; all teams played one another twice, once at home and one on the road, except for Army who only played other ECAC members once. As part of the new scheduling arrangement, Rensselaer was paired with Vermont and the two teams would travel at the same time to visit the same region. For example, RPI's first conference road game was against Yale in Connecticut while at the same time Vermont played Brown in Rhode Island. The next night Rensselaer and Vermont swapped opponents which allowed all teams to reduce travel time while still fulfilling their new scheduling guidelines. Early season hiccup The Engineers began the season with two strong home wins against Canadian teams but then immediately stumbled against St. Lawrence in their conference opener. The team recovered with a win over Clarkson the following night then hit the road for a set of games against North Dakota. RPI returned to the northeast after another weekend split and was able to finally win a weekend after getting a tough fight from Brown. Rensselaer ended the first part of their season with a fairly easy pair of games where they seemed to find the consistency that had served them well the year before. Holiday Tournament For the 34th annual Rensselaer Holiday Tournament, RPI dominated Miami in the semifinal before facing their third Canadian team of the season and managed to down Toronto in the final to take their third consecutive tournament title. When the team returned to its regular schedule the following weekend they fought a series of close games, including a surprising strong effort from Division III Union, but RPI escaped an embarrassing fate to raise their record to 13–2. ECAC dominance After that scare the Engineers didn't have another close game for almost two months, winning every game by at least 3 goals until their final game of the regular season, a 5–4 win over Cornell. After opening their conference schedule with a loss Rensselaer had won its final 20 conference games, the second best streak and the second most wins in conference history (both behind only 1970 Cornell) and the third highest winning percentage in ECAC history. Leading the way for the conference's top offense was junior center Adam Oates who had already set a new program record with 83 points the previous season and was well on his way to improving on the mark. RPI also possessed the #2 defense in the country, allowing only 54 goals in 21 conference games and were backstopped by Buffalo Sabres draft pick Daren Puppa. ECAC tournament Searching for their second consecutive ECAC crown, Rensselaer ran through Princeton in the quarterfinal series and then headed to Boston where Puppa stifled the opposition, allowing only one goal in each of the final two games which the Engineers ended triumphantly. Puppa was named as tournament MOP and with their 32–2 record Rensselaer received the #1 eastern seed to go along with their automatic tournament berth. NCAA tournament With the higher seed, Rensselaer played host to Lake Superior State in the Quarterfinals and opened by setting a new franchise record, with their 33rd win of the season, taking the contest 7–3. Because the Quarterfinal series was a total goal affair RPI would advance so long as could keep the second game close and a 3-3 tie was well within their margin for error. Because the Lakers could not win the series regardless of an overtime result no extra time was played and the game ended after regulation along with RPI's 30-game winning streak. Rensselear headed to Detroit for the Frozen Four and met the previous season's runner-up, Minnesota–Duluth. In what became one of the more memorable games RPI and Duluth began fighting one another almost from the drop of the puck; the two teams got into a scrape then ended up with double matching minors and both teams played 3-on-3. during that time the Engineers opened the scoring with Tim Friday's fifth goal of the season. Afterwards RPI got into trouble with two consecutive penalties to give UMD a 5-on-3 advantage but their defense was able to hold the fort and prevent the Bulldogs from evening the score.Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs https://www.reddit.com/r/collegehockey/comments/5wdwa6/game_replay_march_29th_1985_rpi_and_minnesota/ Game replay: March 29th, 1985. R.P.I. and Minnesota Duluth in the semifinal game in Detroit, MI. February 27, 2017 October 15, 2019 In the second period Mark Baron scored twice in 30 seconds to give the Bulldogs their first lead of the game. John Carter tied the game with a power play goal off a rebound before George Servinis gave the lead back to Rensselaer. The game was then tied for the fourth time when Brett Hull scored a breakaway goal and the two teams headed into intermission. In the third, while killing a penalty, Servinis found himself on a partial breakaway but the puck got too far in front of him. Duluth goalie Rick Kosti charged out of the net to knock the puck away but Servinis reached it first and deflected the puck just enough for Kosti to miss it with his stick. Kosti's momentum carried him into Servinis but the RPI forward was able to stay on his skates, the same could not be said for Duluth defender Jim Johnson who went tumbling head over heels into the boards and allowed Servinis to shoot the puck into the vacated net. Duluth tied the game again when 1985 Hobey Baker Award winner Bill Watson shot his own rebound in behind Puppa. UMD's second lead of the game came from a Bob Herzig shot in the high slot that went under Puppa's glove. With regulation winding down and their chances dwindling, RPI fought to keep the puck alive in the Duluth end and, after a pass from behind the net, the puck pinballed off a Duluth skate right to Ken Hammond who slid the puck into the net. The two teams continued to battle for the first two 10-minute overtimes but at the end of the second tempers flared and the teams ended up with a slew of penalties. The third overtime period began 3-on-3 and after two minutes the teams played 4-on-4, but because Duluth had taken one additional penalty, the Engineers found themselves on a power play from a penalty that had happened 4 minutes earlier. The Bulldogs were able to survive most of the disadvantage but with only 15 seconds left in the penalty Carter fired a shot from the point that deflected off a Duluth stick and into the net, ending the game that saw RPI setting a new Frozen Four record with 16 penalties (followed closely by Duluth's 14).The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/30/sports/rpi-gains-final-in-3d-overtime-6-5.html R.P.I. GAINS FINAL IN 3D OVERTIME, 6-5 March 30, 1985 October 15, 2019 Championship Rensselaer made their first championship appearance in 31 years with only Providence standing in their way. The Friars were coming off their own triple overtime victory in the semifinal but had an extra day to recover from the exertion. The extra playing time didn't seem to faze the Engineers, however, as RPI opened the scoring with a power play goal less than 5 minutes into the game.1985 NCAA Championship Game https://www.augenblick.org/rpi/h_85g38.html RPI Hockey History 2018-06-05 Rensselaer dominated the play but couldn't get the puck past Chris Terreri on any of their other 13 shots of the period and had to settle for a 1–0 lead after 20 minutes. It was more of the same in the second period but, after giving Providence a brief 5-on-3 advantage, George Servinis scored his second short-handed goal of the Frozen Four at the tail-end of the second penalty to give the Engineers a two-goal cushion. After that Terreri stood on his head and turned aside every RPI shot that came his way. Even with a 2–0 lead Rensselaer looked to be overpowering the Friars, leading in the shot total 31 to 12 after 40 minutes. Providence responded in the third, firing 10 shots at Puppa with Paul Cavallini finding the twine on the power play, but it was too little too late and when the final horn sounded RPI had won their second national title. Awards and honors Unsurprisingly Chris Terreri was given the tournament MOP, the last player to do so who did not play for the championship team, but four Engineers did make the All-Tournament team: Tim Friday, Ken Hammond, Adam Oates and George Servinis. Oates finished the season third in the nation in scoring with 91 points and first in points per game (2.39), narrowly outpacing Bill Watson's 2.36 ppg mark. Oates' scoring prowess earned him a spot on the AHCA All-American East First Team along with Hammond while John Carter made the Second Team.Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2013/MIH%20awards%20for%202013.pdf NCAA.org June 11, 2013 All three made the All-ECAC First TeamECAC All-Teams http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ecac_all.html College Hockey Historical Archives May 19, 2013 while Daren Puppa, despite finishing second in the nation with 30 wins and third with a 2.56 goals against average received no further mention beyond tournament MOP. Standings RPI Schedule |- !colspan=12 style="RPI Engineers #FFFFFF;" | Regular season November 3 w yes no Guelph Houston Field House Troy, New York 13–6 1–0 November 10 w yes no Concordia Houston Field House Troy, New York 9–3 2–0 November 16 l no 1984 men St. Lawrence Saints St. Lawrence Houston Field House Troy, New York 3–5 2–1 0–1 November 17 w no 1984 men Clarkson Golden Knights Clarkson Houston Field House Troy, New York 5–3 3–1 1–1 November 23 l yes yes 1984 men North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Winter Sports Building Grand Forks, North Dakota 6–7 OT 3–2 1–1 November 24 w yes yes 1984 men North Dakota Fighting Sioux North Dakota Winter Sports Building Grand Forks, North Dakota 8–2 4–2 1–1 November 30 w yes 1984 men Yale Bulldogs Yale Ingalls Rink New Haven, Connecticut 7–3 5–2 2–1 December 1 w yes 1984 men Brown Bears Brown Meehan Auditorium Providence, Rhode Island 4–3 OT 6–2 3–1 December 7 w no 1984 men Army Cadets Army Houston Field House Troy, New York 8–0 7–2 4–1 December 8 w no 1984 men Princeton Tigers Princeton Houston Field House Troy, New York 12–4 8–2 5–1 |- !colspan=12 style="RPI Engineers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF Rensselaer Holiday Tournament December 28 w yes no 1984 men Miami Redskins Miami Houston Field House Troy, New York Tournament Semifinal 9–1 9–2 5–1 December 29 w yes no 1984 men Toronto Varsity Blues Toronto Houston Field House Troy, New York Tournament championship 4–2 10–2 5–1 January 4 w yes 1984 men Harvard Crimson Harvard Bright-Landry Hockey Center Boston, Massachusetts 5–4 11–2 6–1 January 5 w yes 1984 men Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth Thompson Arena Hanover, New Hampshire 5–2 12–2 7–1 January 8 w yes yes 1984 men Union Dutchmen Union Achilles Rink Schenectady, New York 3–2 OT 13–2 7–1 January 11 w no 1984 men Cornell Big Red Cornell Houston Field House Troy, New York 6–2 14–2 8–1 January 12 w no 1984 men Colgate Red Raiders Colgate Houston Field House Troy, New York 6–0 15–2 9–1 January 18 w yes no 1984 men Michigan Wolverines Michigan Houston Field House Troy, New York 5–2 16–2 9–1 January 19 w yes no 1984 men Michigan Wolverines Michigan Houston Field House Troy, New York 5–1 17–2 9–1 January 25 w yes 1984 men Vermont Catamounts Vermont Gutterson Fieldhouse Burlington, Vermont 7–3 18–2 10–1 January 26 w no 1984 men Vermont Catamounts Vermont Houston Field House Troy, New York 8–2 19–2 11–1 February 1 w yes 1984 men Clarkson Golden Knights Clarkson Walker Arena Potsdam, New York 7–4 20–2 12–1 February 2 w yes 1984 men St. Lawrence Saints St. Lawrence Appleton Arena Canton, New York 7–4 21–2 13–1 February 8 w no 1984 men Brown Bears Brown Houston Field House Troy, New York 7–2 22–2 14–1 February 9 w no 1984 men Yale Bulldogs Yale Houston Field House Troy, New York 8–2 23–2 15–1 February 15 w yes 1984 men Princeton Tigers Princeton Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Princeton, New Jersey 6–3 24–2 16–1 February 22 w yes 1984 men Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth Houston Field House Troy, New York 11–1 25–2 17–1 February 23 w yes 1984 men Harvard Crimson Harvard Houston Field House Troy, New York 4–1 26–2 18–1 March 1 w yes 1984 men Colgate Red Raiders Colgate Starr Rink Hamilton, New York 8–2 27–2 19–1 March 2 w yes 1984 men Cornell Big Red Cornell Lynah Rink Ithaca, New York 5–4 28–2 20–1 |- !colspan=12 style="RPI Engineers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF ECAC tournament March 8 w yes no 1984 men Princeton Tigers Princeton Houston Field House Troy, New York ECAC Quarterfinal game 1 7–2 29–2 20–1 March 9 w yes no 1984 men Princeton Tigers Princeton Houston Field House Troy, New York ECAC Quarterfinal game 2 11–4 30–2 20–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Rensselaer Wins Series 2-0 March 9 w yes yes 1984 men Cornell Big Red Cornell Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts ECAC Semifinal 5–1 31–2 20–1 March 10 w yes yes 1984 men Harvard Crimson Harvard Boston Garden Boston, Massachusetts ECAC championship 3–1 32–2 20–1 |- !colspan=12 style="RPI Engineers #FFFFFF;" | #FFFFFF NCAA tournament March 16 w yes no 1984 men Lake Superior State Lakers Lake Superior State Houston Field House Troy, New York National Quarterfinal game 1 7–3 33–2 20–1 March 17 t yes no 1984 men Lake Superior State Lakers Lake Superior State Houston Field House Troy, New York National Quarterfinal game 2 3–3 33–2–1 20–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Rensselaer Wins Series 10-6 March 23 w yes yes 1984 men Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota–Duluth Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan National Semifinal 6–5 3OT 34–2–1 20–1 March 24 w yes yes 1984 men Providence Friars Providence Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan National championship 2–1 35–2–1 20–1 Source: RPI Engineers Men's Hockey All Time Seasons https://rpiathletics.com/documents/2017/1/20//MHKY_All_Time_Season.pdf?id=2750 RPI Engineers October 14, 2019 Roster and scoring statistics 2 RPI Engineers No. Name Year Position Hometown unsortable S/P/C Games Goals Assists Pts #FFFFFF PIM 12 Adam Oates Junior C Weston, ON Ontario 38 31 60 91 29 15 John Carter John Carter (ice hockey) Junior LW Winchester, MA Massachusetts 37 43 29 72 52 7 Mark Jooris Junior F Burlington, ON Ontario 35 23 37 60 22 9 George Servinis Junior LW Toronto, ON Ontario 35 34 25 59 44 16 Bob DiPronio 1 Sophomore F Waltham, MA Massachusetts 37 13 26 39 38 26 Ken Hammond Ken Hammond (ice hockey) Senior D London, ON Ontario 38 11 28 39 90 17 Neil Hernberg 1 Sophomore F Hingham, MA Massachusetts 38 18 17 35 22 2 Tim Friday Senior D Burbank, CA California 36 5 29 34 26 22 Mike Dark Junior D Sarnia, ON Ontario 36 7 26 33 76 8 John Tiano 1 Junior F Winthrop, MA Massachusetts 36 13 16 29 28 14 Terry Butryn 1 Sophomore F Beamsville, ON Ontario 38 12 15 27 30 21 Mike Sadeghpour 1 Senior F Lexington, MA Massachusetts 26 5 16 21 21 11 Kraig Nienhuis Junior LW Sarnia, ON Ontario 36 11 10 21 55 20 Trini Iturralde 1 Sophomore LW Revere, MA Massachusetts 35 5 15 20 11 5 Mike Robinson 1 Sophomore D Boxborough, MA Massachusetts 37 3 14 17 37 13 Maurice Mansi 1 Freshman F Montreal, PQ Quebec 21 4 6 10 12 18 Rick Tosto 1 Freshman F Dearborn Heights, MI Michigan 25 3 5 8 10 19 Tom Hussey 1 Freshman F Aurora, ON Ontario 15 1 3 4 10 28 Jeff Prendergast 1 Junior D Toronto, ON Ontario 30 1 3 4 10 4 Pierre Langevin 1 Senior D Saint-Leonard, PQ Quebec 28 1 2 3 26 23 Mike Marcolin 1 Senior D Toronto, ON Ontario 2 0 2 2 2 3 Jeff Whiteside 1 Senior D Rexdale, ON Ontario 9 0 2 2 16 6 Marc Foland 1 Sophomore D Boxborough, MA Massachusetts 13 1 1 2 2 30 Mike Poisson 1 Sophomore G Amesbury, MA Massachusetts 5 0 0 0 0 31 Brian Jopling 1 Sophomore G Bridgewater, MA Massachusetts 12 0 0 0 0 1 Daren Puppa Sophomore G Kirkland Lake, ON Ontario 32 0 0 0 2 Bench 38 14 Total 245 387 632 685 RPI Engineers Year-By-Year Scoring Statistics https://rpiathletics.com/documents/2017/1/20//RPI_Mens_Hockey_Scoring_Statistics.pdf?id=2747 RPI Engineers October 12, 2019 Goaltending statistics 2 RPI Engineers No. Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals against Saves Shut outs #FFFFFF SV % #FFFFFF GAA 31 Brian Jopling 1 12 453 5 1 0 18 150 0 .893 2.38 1 Daren Puppa 32 1830 30 1 1 78 708 2 .901 2.56 30 Mike Poisson 1 5 26 0 0 0 4 13 0 .765 8.61 Total 38 2311 35 2 1 100 871 2 .897 2.60 1985 championship game (E1) Rensselaer vs. (E4) Providence Rensselaer Providence Joe Louis Arena March 301985 NCAA Championship Game https://www.augenblick.org/rpi/h_85g38.html RPI Hockey History 2018-06-05 2 – 1 1 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st RPINeil Hernberg – PPDiPronio and Hammond 4:29 1–0 RPI 2nd RPIGeorge Servinis – GW SHunassisted 23:49 2–0 RPI 3rd PCPaul Cavallini – PPArmy and Rooney 50:00 2–1 RPI Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st PCMike BrillCross-Checking 2:44 2:00 RPIMaurice MansiTripping 7:23 2:00 PCGord CruickshankTripping 9:07 2:00 RPIKraig NienhuisUnnecessary Roughness 11:10 2:00 PCPeter TaglianettiUnnecessary Roughness 11:10 2:00 PCGord CruickshankHolding 16:12 2:00 PCPeter TaglianettiHigh–Sticking 18:30 2:00 2nd RPIMark JoorisHooking 20:38 2:00 RPIMike SadeghpourCross-Checking 22:06 2:00 PCNowel CatterallSlashing 36:12 2:00 RPIKen HammondHolding 38:30 2:00 3rd PCRene BoudreaultSlashing 42:12 2:00 PCNowel CatterallDelay of Game 47:39 2:00 RPIJohn CarterHooking 48:33 2:00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T Providence 8 4 10 22 Rensselaer 14 17 11 42 Goaltenders Team Name Saves Goals against Time on ice PC Chris Terreri 40 2 RPI Daren Puppa 21 1 Players drafted into the NHL 1985 NHL entry draft = NHL All-Star team= NHL All-StarPlayers are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career. = NHL All-Star and NHL All-Star team= Did not play in the NHL 2 RPI Engineers Round Pick Player NHL team 5 94 Steve Moore† Boston Bruins 9 176 Rob Schena† Detroit Red Wings 10 198 Maurice Mansi Montreal Canadiens 12 251 John Haley† Edmonton Oilers † incoming freshman Adam Oates, undrafted by his 22nd birthday, was able to sign a professional contract after forgoing his final year of eligibility. The $1.1 million deal he inked with Detroit was the most lucrative contract for a rookie at the time and the arms race for Oates' services led directly to the NHL instituting the Supplemental Draft.Kane Mike https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ChQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g3IFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3216,4123754 Oates hopes to pay Detroit dividend on investment Schenectady Gazette 1986-09-18 2012-07-25 34 The secondary draft was used for players who were otherwise ineligible for the standard NHL entry draft. 1985 NHL Entry Draft http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1985e.html Hockey DB August 18, 2019 See also 1985 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions References 50em Category:RPI Engineers men's ice hockey seasons RPI RPI RPI RPI RPI RPI